Case studies
The case studies are divided into two main areas:
Classroom practice - these provide examples of how teachers from a range of schools have planned and implemented quality technology units. They include projects from year 1 to year 13.
Technologists' practice - these are excellent classroom resources for teachers to use as examples of products, processes, and problem solving in technological practice – celebrating innovation.
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Food processing for local, national, and international markets
This collection of videos compares three businesses in Gisborne, illustrating similarities and differences in food processing for a local, a national, and an international market.
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St Peter's College: Strategies for improvement in years 7–13
St Peter's College technology teachers work on ways to help students succeed.
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A Diploma in Costume Construction
Georgia Dowling describes the highlights of her Diploma in Costume Construction at Toi Whakaari.
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A dairy farm as a technological system
As part of a year-long focus on technological systems, Andrea Robertson at Silverstream (South) Primary School explores dairy farms with her year 3–4 class.
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Tracking coverage and learning across a school
When multiple staff are responsible for teaching technology and only some of the components are being taught each year, how can we keep tabs on students’ coverage and learning?
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Night-lights as technological systems
Year 3–4 students plan and make nightlights within the second of three units focused on technological systems.
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Developing eco-friendly fabrics
Wool waste, rice straw waste, and eco-friendly dyeing are under the microscope as New Zealand researchers, designers, and companies look to create new and more sustainable textiles. Staff and students at Massey University’s textile design programme are at the cutting edge of such developments.
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Tairawhiti Schools Trades Academy @ EIT
This case study describes how Tairawhiti secondary schools and Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) have partnered to form a trades academy that introduces students to a wider range of vocational pathways.
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Graphics: Expect great things
Graphics is very popular at Onslow College – and this popularity is due in no small part to a culture of high expectations and high achievement fostered by graphics duo Ron van Musscher and Emily Barnes.
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Raising achievement in years 7–10 technology
The Technology department at St Peters in Gore have worked together for the last four years to achieve a co-ordinated approach to curriculum implementation.